/*
 * Copyright 2007 National Bioinformatics Network
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * 
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */
package dgbgui.modeldocument.primitives;

import java.io.Serializable;

import dgbgui.exceptions.NoUniqueDGBQLException;

public abstract class Primitive implements Serializable, Cloneable {
    
    public long m_id = 0;
    
    public Primitive(long id) {
        m_id = id;
    }
    
    public Object clone() { 
        Primitive o = null;
        try {
            o = (Primitive)super.clone();
        } catch(CloneNotSupportedException e) {
            System.err.println("Primitive can't clone");
        }
        return o;
    }
    
    /**
     * @return A summary of the primitive;
     */
    public abstract String summary();
    
    public abstract String getDGBQLForPrimitive() throws NoUniqueDGBQLException;
    
    // -------------- Serilization -------
    
    /**
     * First serilization version
     */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;



}
